Ouvrage Col de Crous
Part of Maginot Line, Alpine Line
Southeast France
Ouvrage Col de Crous is located in France
Ouvrage Col de Crous
Ouvrage Col de Crous
Coordinates44°09′39″N 6°54′21″E / 44.16096°N 6.90585°E / 44.16096; 6.90585
Site information
Controlled byFrance
Site history
Built byCORF
In useAbandoned
MaterialsConcrete, steel, rock excavation
Battles/warsItalian invasion of France, Operation Dragoon

Ouvrage Col de Crous is a lesser work (petit ouvrage) of the Maginot Line's Alpine extension, the Alpine Line. The ouvrage consists of one infantry block at an altitude of 1,963 metres (6,440 ft). Additional blocks were planned but not built.[1]

Description

Ouvrage Col de Crous
Type of work:Small artillery work (Petit ouvrage)
sector
└─sub-sector		Fortified Sector of the Maritime Alps
└─Mounier, Quartier Haut-Var
Regiment:74th BAF
Number of blocks:3
Strength:2 officers, 98 men

Two proposed petits ouvrages were proposed for the same ridge to the north, the Ouvrage du Col-de-Pal and the ''Ouvrage du col-de-Jallorgues, neither of which were started.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Puelinckx, Jean; Aublet, Jean-Louis; Mainguin, Sylvie (2010). "Col de Crous (po du)". Index de la Ligne Maginot (in French). fortiff.be. Retrieved 31 January 2010.
  2. ^ Mary, Tome 5, p. 46

Bibliography

External links

Alpine Line (Little Maginot Line)
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